[HANASHIR:16543] RE: Keyboard advice

[efleischmann <efleischmann...>]

Dear Donna,

I had a 61-key Yamaha PSR 510 which I used for the last 10 years for
both gigs and composing.  Just recently I splurged and got a 76-key
Yamaha DGX 202.  I have been very happy with both.  

There are a lot of bells and whistles on my present model.  E.g., a
list of 100 pre-set songs which is useless to me.  (My own children,
however, are teaching themselves piano using these songs.  You should
hear my almost 6-year old pick out "Fur Elise" one-handed.)  It was
about $300 during Sam Ash's big holiday sale.  

I've had Finale for many years, and a few months ago upgraded to
their 2003a versions.  I think they're up to 2004 by now.  In any
case, while it's a challenging program to learn, once you know it,
the real-time composing feature is oh, so wonderful!  And the quality
of the notation can't be beat.  From what I understand, many
publishers are using Finale as a standard.  There's a video tutorial
in the later versions which is very useful in learning.  Wish there
had been one of those in my original version!

Just in case you were wondering, I get no money from either Coda
Music nor Yamaha for these endorsements.  These are just my personal
experiences.

Good luck,

Ellen Fleischmann
Choral Music Director
NCJHS
West Hills, CA


---- Original Message ----
From: TheBeachBubbe (at) aol(dot)com
To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
Subject: RE: [HANASHIR:16515] Keyboard advice
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2004 12:22:40 EST

>Shalom!  I've decided to go ahead and purchase a portable keyboard to
>use for 
>fun, but most of all for composing.  The Midi input feature is just
>too 
>tempting!
>
>I'm thinking about a Yamaha PSR 172, because it's not too hard on the
>
>pocketbook.  Can anyone give me some input?  I'd like to spend as
>little as possible, 
>while not totally sacrificing quality.
>
>Todah Rabah!
>Donna
>TheBeachBubbe


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